Assembling machine



Sept. 16, 1930.

J. c. JORGENSEN El" AL ASSEMBLING MACHINE Filed July 10, 1925 r /N V5 N TORS.

Patented Sept. 16, 1930 UNITED (STATES;

JACOB c. :ronenlv'snlv, or BEVERLY, AND

Nonwoon n; knowL'roNQor marrow;

MASSACHUSETTS, AssIGNoRs 'roUNITnD SHOE MACHINERY oonronA'rloN, 0F

ra'rnnsoiv, Nnw nnsEY, A conromrrroiv or Jiinsmr a ,j

' AssmuBLme MACHINE Application flled m 10,

This invention relates to machines foruse rear end ofits last as it issupported on the work support of anassembling machine pre paratory 'to'being' secured to the last by the mac 'ne. 1 1

'Objects of the invention are to render the handling of straight orunmoldedcounters, in the operation of assembling uppers in cluding such counters upontheir lasts,easier, more accurate and expeditious than hereto fore and generally to improve theoperation of the assembling machine. v

Featuresof the invention consist in an organizationfincluding a shoe support movable toward and from the machine and clamping means in the pathof movement of'a shoe on said support arranged to hold the counter portion 'of' the shoe upper against the last: during its movement toward the machine 'so' that there will be no chance for the parts to be. displaced from the position in which they have been placed by the operatorQ: As'herein shown, theclamping means is movable by pressure of the shoe against it to cause'thef upper to be pressed against the'rea'r end of the last. The clamping means may-be held toward the shoe by resilient "means, and .a stop may be provided to arrest outward movement'of the clampingmeans before the outward movement of the shoe support is completed to cause the clamp and shoe to separate. The clamping means may, asshown, comprise a bar pivoted to the shoe support and bifurcated at its upper end, the bifurcations being formed with inclined surfaces which rest against the rear end of thesboe upper and hold the upper and counter against the last at the corners of the last, the space between the bifurcations permitting the operation of. the tacker of an assembling machine in fasteningthe upper and counter to 1925. Serial 1T0.- 42,699.

These and other. features of the invention, illi-appearmor.e;fully from the following" description .when'read in connection with the accompanying drawing and will'be pointed out inl'the appended claimsi l 'lnthe'dr'awingz. y a Fig.1 is a side elevation of'an. assembling machine embodying the presentinvention Fig. 2 is. adetail in; perspective showings shoe partly insecti'onand-"parts of themechanism'shown in Fig. and o Fig. 3 is asec'tional viewof the operating instrumentalities of the machine.

In Fig, l o'f the drawing'is shown an assembling machine anda work support of the construction disclosed in United StatesLetters Patent No. =1,602,618;granted October 1 12, 1926, on application. of N. HJKnowlton, in which, for the purpose of illustration the present invention is shown as embodi'edmThe numeral 2 indicates the basenof the column of themachine to which ispivoted ate a work support member or carrier 6. A tubu lar member or jack post 8 is arranged for vvertical sliding A movement relatively ,to the member 6qand is sustained .in initial elevated position by'a lightspring 1O resting on a plug 12which is supported onthe member 6 and entersloosely the lower end of the tubular Inem'ber8. The spring at its" upper end engages a pin 13cpassingthrough the-member 8 which is thus yieldinglysustained by the spring 10. Inthe upper. portion of thememher 8 is a sliding member 14 having, at its upper end a heel pin 16 to engage the pin hole of the last. The member 14: is held from turning in the tube and I has its vertical movement limited by .a screw 17 threaded into itandengaging a slot in the tube 8 ,Loosely a pawl carried by a rocking member 22 pivoted to the member 6 by trunnions 23 arranged on opposite sides of the member 8. By this construction, which is more fully described in the Letters Patent above 1 referred to, whenthe worksupport is swungtoward the machine and locked against outward.

movement by the dropping of a hook 24 in front of'a roll 25 carried onthe member 6 by a pin 26 the pawlreferred to'engages theteeth' position, li es-in contact with the end-ofa curved rigid arm'28 whichis fixed at its 0pposite end to the machine frame; When the support is in the position shown, therefore, the shoe=is rigidly supported, and when the shoeis moved towardrthemachine the roll 27 gsulies over a depressed portion of the arm as shown in dotted lines and-hence depression of the shoe is not interfered with.

Outward swinging movement of'the shoe support is-yieldingly' limited by a: rod 29 30; pivoted to the member 6.

Mechanism is provided for causing the work support to; be depressed to a predetermined position as an inoidenttorits movement toward the machine It: comprisesa depres- -:s0r 34 adjustably secured to the upper end of anupright bar 36 the lower end of whiclr is slotted at-38 freely to embrace one of'thetrunnions 23 so that itwill be moved toward ponent tends to swing the upper end of the bar outwardly. about the trunnion 23. A link 40sis:piv.oted at one end to the machine frame and at the other end to a stud 42 fixed: in the bar 36, the link being normally in a down-- wardly and outwardly inclined position.

Iihestud 42 is extended and bentinwardly to lie inithe p'ath" of 'movement' of the tubular memberS and is preferably providedwitha saroll'l-fi tobe engaged'therebyi As the work support iss-m'oved inwardly the slotted l'ower end ofthe bar36 moves with it, causing the bar to-swin'g about the stud 42 as=a fulcrum and causing mutual relative approaching :3: Y niovei'nentbetween the :presser '34" and a1s-hoe on. the last pin 16so-that by the time-the. member S engages the roll 46 the depressor 3i=has assume'da position over 'thie shoe bottom; preferably over the heel seat portion. Further: movement ofzthe member 8 causes the link 40 to move from the inclined position shown toward a vertical position and therefore effects a downward movement of the bar 36 and of the depressor 34, causing it to engagethe shoe bottomand to depress the shoe against the spring 10 to a predetermined position.

The mechanism for clamping the counter against the last during movement of'the shoe support'toward the machine comprises a AspringfiOinsented between the post: 8' and i the bar 50 tendsto holdthe bar and member M againstwapin'62 carried by a lever 64:1

fulcrumect at 66 to the machine frame. Beyond its fulcrum an arm of the leverfitextendsupavardly andiis pivoted at 68 to'aipush rod: 70 which extends through. a conical hole in: a bracket 72 securedatothe frame; Onthe rod-at'the-rearof the-bracket is anadjustablestop 745. Between the bracketx 72' and an ad? justableicollar 78 OIlzthedOd 70 is a; compression spring 76 whichmay: beheld under any desired initial tension by adjustment of the collar 7 8 :toward tlie':bracket' 7:2.

In usingthe machine, the operator places a-last a, having secureditoats'bottom animsole 6,011: the pin. 16, takes anappropriate shoe upper: and-introduces between the 'lining 0. ai'id uppier'leather cl a straight orunmolded-counter 6.. He then places the upper over the last withthe backseam in propen position-and.with a suitablewidth of margin of the upper materials extending above the bottomof the insole I). Then, while-still grasping; thel'a'st towprsvent movement of the upper thereon, he pushes :the shoe toward the machine. Early in its movement therear portioni OflihG' shoe reaches-the bifurcations 57:, 58- of; thebar- 50which engage the counter adja centito the cornersof the last and, as the motionbf the shoe-continues,firmly press it against the last. Duringthisimovement the clamping-member 54 engages the pin 62 and IDOVBSIthG'lEVBT- 6trearwardly about its fulcrum: 66, causingthe spring. 76 to be compressed; and its tension applied tozthe clamp ing" 1nember= 54.- During further movement of. the shoe the pressure 'of the clamping member 54* is maintained .and increased and the depressor 3 k assumesa position over the shoe and; descends'to; depress the shoe and the member 8 to a predetermined position;

7 recessed to receivethe bifurcations 57, 58 on act.

the end of the member 54. When the shoe has almost finished its movement a collar on a rod 82 connected to the member 8 engages an arm 84 and trips the clutch to start the machine,,whereupon the hook 24L drops-in front of the roll 25, looking the shoe against downward or outward movement while other operating instrumentalities of the machine A tack is driven through the abutment 79 into the rear end of the shoe, the tack passing between the bifurcations 57, 58 of the counter clamp, and a gripper 86 acts to grip the upper against the front face of the wiper 88 which moves forward to lay the projecting margin of the upper and counter upon the heel-seat when it is secured by a tack driven by a driver 90.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination of operating instrumentalities, a last support movable from a work receiving position'where the work comprising an upper and last is placed thereon to a position for the work to be operated: upon by said in strumentalities, and means located on the last support for clamping the upper to the last, said means being constructed andarranged to be encountered by the work early in its movement toward said instrumentalities and to be moved by the work during the remainder of its movement into operative'relation to said instrumentalities, said clamping means serving to hold the upper on the last, during the movement thereof into operative relation to the operating instrumentalities, in the position in which it is placed by the operator.

2. In a machine for fastening uppers to lasts, the combination of tackling means, a last support movable from a position to receive an upper and last which is remote from said tacking means into operative relation thereto, and a clamp located adjacent to the su 3 ort in its last and u er receivin osition and in the path of movement of the last and upper into operative relation to the tacking means, said clamp being movable with and by the last and upper throughout the major portion of the movement of the support into operative relation to the tacking means.

3. In a 'machine for assembling uppers upon their lasts preparatory to lasting, the combination of upper securing means, a last support-movable-toward and from the securing means, counter clamping means located adjacent to the last support, means for limiting outward movement of the clamping means to provide a space between the clamping means and the last to'permit'assembling of the upper and counter upon the'supported last, said clamping means being arranged to be engaged by the rear end ofthe-upper andlast early in their movement toward the securing meansto cl'amp the counter'and upperto the last, and yielding means permitting movement of the clamp, upper and last to-' gether intooperative relation to the securing means.

4:. In a machine of the class described,

means for inserting a tack in the rear end of a last, a last support movable from a last and upper receiving position to a position for the upper to be operated upon by said tacking means,'a bifurcated member arranged adjacent to the last support in its last and upper receiving position to be encountered by the last and upper early in their movement on the support toward the tacking means for clamping an upper to the last at the corners of the last during its movement toward the tacking means, and means for locking the support against endwise movement during in sertion of a tackbetween the bifurcations of said member.

5. In a machine for fastening uppers to lasts, the combination of a V-block, fastening inserting means operating between the V- block surfaces, a last support movable toward and from said fastening inserting means, a clamp having rear surfaces like those of the V-block'and front surfaces to engage an upper and clamp it against the corners of the last having the back seam region exposed,

said clamp being located between the fastening inserting means and the support in the path of the upper and last and movable with and by the upper and last when the last support is moved toward the fastening inserting means, and means for locking the last, clamp and V-block together while the fastening means inserts a tack in the region of the back seam. l

6. In a machine for assembling uppers upon their lasts preparatory to lasting, the combination of fastening inserting devices for securing an upper and counter to the rear end of a last, a last support movable toward and from said devices, counter clamping means located adjacent to the support in its position away from said devices, means for limiting outward movement of the clamping means to permit assembling of the upper and counter upon the supported last, said clamping means being arranged to be engaged by the rear end of the upper and last early in theirvmovement toward the securing devices curing devieesmnd means to lock thelast and clamp. against outward movement during operation of theseeui ing devices.

In testimony whereof I, the said JAGOBC. JORGENsEN, have signed my name to this specification.

JACOB C. J ORGEN SEN. In testimony whereof I, the said Nonwoon' H. KNOWLTON, have signed my name to this specification.

NORWOOD H. KNOWLTON. 

